For those of you fashionistas, you know that Brown is the New Black and is all the rage on runways worldwide.  It used to be that brown was not considered a high fashion color but now you see it everywhere and it is beautiful.  The subtle but sophisticated tones of the champagne diamonds- which range from light champagne tones to the darker and rarer fancy cognacs - are finding a  large audience here in the States.  Even celebrities are wearing them to go with their red carpet gowns.  They are really neutral and can be worn with almost any color as well.  A  nice fresh, affordable alternative to white diamonds.  Chanpagnes, because of their various colors allow you to express your individuality and be different.

Rio Tinto’s Argyle Diamond Mine in the rugged and beautiful East Kimberley region of Western Australia is the world’s largest producer of champagne diamonds. The East Kimberley is a land of rugged mountain ranges, deep gorges and arid savannah within which lie pipes of lamproite, diamond-bearing ore.

The Australian Aborigines who are traditional owners of the land in the East Kimberley believe that the diamonds were formed when a barramundi fish escaped through a spinifex net. According to that myth, the colors of the diamonds mined from the red earth of the region come from different parts of the barramundi.

Rio Tinto’s Argyle Diamond Mine operates in partnership with local communities within this region, ensuring that it provides a legacy of stronger, healthier communities, and that the rights of traditional owners are observed and respected.